Cork-assorting machine.



J. A. SNYDER.

CORK ASSORTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED IULY1,1911.

1,031,481 Patented July 2, 1912.

JOHN A. SNYDER, OF HIGHLAND TOWN, MARYLAND.

CORK-ASSORTHING MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, JOHN A. SNYDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Highland Town, in the county of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Cork- Assorting Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates .to machines for as sorting corks and has special reference to improved machines of this kind especially adapted for assorting flat corks.

The invention has for its object to provide an improved machine for asserting flat corks so constructed and arranged that the corks will be fed forward from the end of the machine at which the corks are supplied to the end .of the machine from which they are delivered in such a manner that the corks will be exposed and turned over to the inspection of attendants upon the machine and the defective corks so exposed can be readily removed by the attendants.

Referring to the accompanying drawings:-Figure l is a side view in longitudinal section of the machine. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the cork feeding hopper. Fig. 3. is a central sectional view through the cork feeding hopper, taken longitudinally of the cork containing cylinder. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of the end of the frame of the machine showing the arrangement of the cork tilting strip.

In the construction of this invention a cylinder 1 having its periphery formed of longitudinal slats 2 is mounted in elevated position at one end of the machine in a framework 3 projecting above one end of the main frame 3 mounted on suitable supports. .Adjacent to the cylinder 1 is an inclined chute 4 through which the corks are fed by gravity to the cylinder 1 from a suitable hopper or receptacle 5 located above the upper end of the chute 4. One end of the cyllnder 1 is formed with an opening 6 for the passage of corks 7 to said cylinder. The cylinder 1 may be rotated by a crank handle 8. Located beneath the cylinder 1 and extending longitudinally thereof is a hopper having inclined sides 9 and 10, the inclined side 9 terminating a short distance from the inclined side 10 so as to be formed with an aperture 11 for the passa e of corks. Adjacent to the lower end of t e inclined side 10 is a transverse vertical partition 12,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 1, 1911.

Patented July 2, 1912. Serial No. 636,386.

the lower edge of which terminates a short distance above an endless belt 13 passing beneath the lower end of the inclined side 10 of the hopper. A transverse strip 14 is adjustably mounted on the partition 12 by means of vertical slots 15, and screws 16 projecting through said slots and engaging the partition 12 as more particularly shown in Fig. 2. By adjusting the strip 14, a space between the lower edge of said strip and the belt 13 may be formed for the passage of the corks landing on the belt 13 from the inclined side 10 of the hopper, as shown in Fig. 3. The endless belt 13 is mounted on a air of rollers 17 and at the outer end of sald endless belt a second transverse strip 18 is located having a space between its lower edge and the belt 13 for the passage of corks. The belt 13 is driven in any suitable manner, and, as here shown, by means of an endless belt 19 extending over a pulle 20 on the shaft 21 of the pulley 17, said beil; 19 also passing over a pulley 22 on a power shaft 23, on which shaft is also mounted a pulley 24. Passing over the pulley 24 is an endless belt 25 which extends over a pulley 26 at the forward end of the machine, said belt 25 being located in a plane below the plane in which the belt 13 moves.

In order to aid in feeding the c'orks forward, a rotary brush 27 is mounted in front of the adjustable transverse strip 14, said brush being rotated by its frictional engagement with the belt 13, and serving to engage and feed forward the corks carried forward on the belt 13. Located adjacent to the pulley 17 beneath the transverse strip18 1s a transverse strip 28 adjacent to the belt 13 as it passes over the pulley 17.

The operation of the machine is as follows :'The receptacle 5 is filled with flat corks which are fed forward therefrom by gravity through the chute 4 and into the cylinder 1 which being rotated causes the corks to be tossed about on its inside and tumbled through. the spaces between the slats 2, as shown in Fig. 3, into the hopper and on to the inclined side 9 thereof, the corks being turned over in said movement and sliding down the inclined side 9 on to the inclined side 10 and through the passage way 11 and down the inclined side 10 of the belt 13. The corks are carried by the belt 13 beneath the partition 14 and are fed forward by the rotary brush 27 and pass beneath the transverse partition 18 on to the transverse strip 28, as shown in Fig. 3, where, by the movement of the belt and the roller 17 they are slid over the transverse strip 28 and are turned over and dropped on to the belt 25, as shown. In this movement of the corks as hereinbefore described-they are under the inspection of attendants and by being exposed on the belts 13 and 25 and turned over duringtheir passage from one end of the machine to the other the defective corks can be readily distinguished by said attendants and removedfrom the belts.

What- I claim is:

A machine for assorting corks consisting of a mechanism forsupplying and'feeding corks to an endless belt, an endless belt 10- and serving to turn over corks as they are delivered from the first named belt to the second belt.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN A. SNYDER. Witnesses:

-JOHN H. WIKE, JOHN H. RICHARDSON.

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